Pubdate: Mon, 29 Aug 2005
Source: Ogdensburg Journal/Advance News (NY)
Copyright: 2005 Johnson Newspaper Corp.
Contact: http://www.ogd.com/letter.htm
Website: http://www.ogd.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/689
Author: Associated Press
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/find?115 (Cannabis - California)

MARIJUANA RAIDS

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Agents have seized 742,684 plants with an
estimated street value of more than $2.6 billion, already surpassing
last year's season total by 20 percent, authorities said.

The state Department of Justice's annual Campaign Against Marijuana
Planting, or CAMP, is still a month away from wrapping up operations
after the season peak at the end of September.

The raids, many in remote, forested terrain, pit agents against often
heavily armed guards protecting their marijuana plots.

About three weeks ago, a grower was shot dead and a state Fish and
Game warden was wounded during a raid on a 22,000-plant pot farm in
the hills above Los Gatos. It was the fourth suspect to die in a
marijuana raid shootout with authorities in the past three years and
the first time a law enforcement officer has been shot in CAMP's
22-year history. 
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